By Resume, Conditionals

I presume that you mean:Conditional I (future possible): If I see you, I will buy you a beer. (I might see you.)Conditional II (present/future hypothetical): If I saw you, I would buy you a beer. (I probably won't see you.)Conditional III (past hypothetical): If I had seen you, I would have...

I presume that you have gone onto the wrong track. There literally exist 2 verb phrases here. What I mean is that one is given 'inflection' (ie. Subject Agreement + Tense + Aspect) and the other only given 'Tense' (and all that goes with it: Tense, Agreement with Object, etc.) To make it down...

I see no grammatical form or semantic meaning in had have had, and googling (a mere 11,000 hits when I tried it) produces not one grammatically reputable webpage.I can envision I'd have had being misinterpreted as had have had by those who confuse had rather and would rather-- but those would...

Milky wrote: MrPedantic wrote: (I also get the impression that some BrE-speakers favour the "should" form in all contexts.) Not at all. We favour the "should" from when the idea we are expressing is: less-sure/probable; a more distant possibility; when being tentative; when not wanting to...

MP: This would change the meaning. The 'was' here is indicative. It can't be replaced with 'were'. In speech, we would show this with a stress: 'if something besides the cruise main was used...' JT: I have allowed for the potentiality you've raised, Mr P. It doesn't matter what name it has, the...

Hello Jack If something besides the cruise main was used to cancel cruising speed and the system is still activated, the most recent set speed will automatically resume when the control lever is moved up to the RES/ACC position, then released. This sentence can be reduced to: 'If X was used...

I see what you mean, but-- 'If they had parked here this morning, I would have found the spaces all full when I pulled in (a moment ago), and I would now have to drive upstairs.' I think he's still in the car, entering the lot. The simple past of course led me to presume the 'would'...